Alan B. Ettinger, MD, MBA, FAAN, FAES Commack Epilepsy
Seizure
Walk for Epilepsy 2025
Alan B. Ettinger, MD, MBA, FAAN, FAES is a nationally-known epilepsy specialist who has been devoted to helping individuals with seizures and related disorders. He is the new Medical Director at United Diagnostics (EEG services), Vice President of Operations at United Medical Monitoring (intraoperative neuromonitoring) and the new epilepsy consultant at North Suffolk Neurology in Commack, NY. He is a former Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has performed major research related to advancing the quality of life of persons grappling with epilepsy.
Dr. Ettinger has directed national and regional epilepsy symposia. He has published widely in peer-review journals on depression, psychotropic properties of antiepileptic drugs, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, and has edited journal supplements and six textbooks. Among them is book for the lay public entitled “The Essential Patient Handbook: Getting the Health Care You Need – From Doctors Who Know” (Ettinger AB, Weisbrot DM. Demos), a guide for teaching patients to advocate for their needs when meeting with the physician.
Dr. Ettinger has been on the editorial board of several epilepsy journals, has served on national committees of the American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, the national *Epilepsy Foundation, and the International League Against Epilepsy, and was for many years the moderator at the psychiatric interest special interest group sessions at the annual American Epilepsy Society meetings.
Dr. Ettinger is president of the EPIC- Long Island Epilepsy Foundation Professional Advisory Board and was a member of the national Professional Advisory Board and the Executive Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of America. He was the recipient of the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island’s 2004 Professional Achievement Award and the co-recipient of the March of Dimes Long Island Chapter’s humanitarian award in October 2004. In preceding years, he has often been cited in best doctors’ guides including Castle and Connelly, New York Magazine, Newsday and New York Time’s featured Superdoctors. Dr. Ettinger was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society, the honor society for achievement in Master of Business Administration studies.
Dr. Ettinger provides education to physicians, by delivering grand rounds presentations at major medical centers, as a consultant in epilepsy, and as the lead author of textbooks commonly utilized by healthcare practitioners including “Neurologic Differential Diagnosis (Cambridge University Press 2014) and “Synopsis of Neurology, Psychiatry and Related Systemic Disorders” (Cambridge University Press 2019).
The Neuroscience of Kindness & the Uniting Power of Music
Please join us on January 10, 2026 at 2pm at the Farmingdale Library’s Performance Center, at:
116 Merritts Rd,
Farmingdale, NY 11735
The Synaptic Groove Band (under the musical direction of Paul Block and scientific direction of True North Neurologist Dr. Alan Ettinger) performs The Neuroscience of Kindness & the Uniting Power of Music. Discover how acts of compassion rewire our brains, sparking empathy, connection, and joy. Feel the science come alive as live music weaves through the afternoon, showing how it dissolves barriers and synchronizes hearts. It’s not just a talk, and it’s not just a performance — it’s a journey into how kindness and music together can make us more human, more united, and more alive.
Special guest: Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand.
No registration required.
For further information, call the Farmingdale public library at (516) 249-9090 and find updates on this and other performances by following Synaptic Groove Band on Facebook.
Healing Harmonies: Music for Multiple Sclerosis
Please join us on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2 pm at the Performance Space at the Sayville Public Library, at 88 Greene Ave, Sayville, NY (631) 589-4440.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. This can cause fatigue, numbness, weakness, poor coordination, vision problems, pain, and thinking and emotional difficulties. While there are many treatments now available, music is increasingly being used as a supplemental therapy.
Please join the Synaptic Groove Band’s inspirational concert/lecture on the power of music to help address many symptoms of MS. Special guest lecturers: Dr. Maryana Liedke, True North Neurology MS Expert and a few words from the National MS Society representative.
The Synaptic Groove Band is under the musical direction of Paul Block and scientific direction of True North Neurologist Dr. Alan Ettinger. It also features renowned vocalist Kelsey Demsky, popular percussionist Rick Corwin and famous Bass player Bob Scollo. For further information about Synaptic Groove Band’s concert/lecture series, please follow Synaptic Groove Band on Facebook.
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